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4.11 Timor-Leste Additional Service Provision Contact List

Vehicle Rental

There are several established car and vehicle rental companies in Dili: the list below is a non-exhaustive sample.

Taxi Companies

Although there is only one identified taxi company in Dili, there is a plethora of private taxis readily available on the street. However, taxis are much less abundant in the district capitals, and are not available in rural areas.

Freight Forwarding Agents

A non-exhaustive list of freight forwarding agents is provided in the contacts section, and additional operators can be found at:

Buy In Timor Website 

 Timor Yellow Pages 

Handling Equipment 

Asides from the stevedoring companies, most of the handling equipment and heavy equipment sales and rentals are associated with the construction industry, a selection of which is provided in the contacts list. 

Additional operators can be found at:

Buy In Timor Website 

Timor Yellow Pages

Electricity and Power 

World Bank Energy Brief (extracts): Timor-Leste has a small and fragmented power system. A 19 MW diesel power plant in Dili serves 26,500 Dili customers. District and sub-district capitals are served by some 60 isolated small power sub-systems mainly administered by communities and with a total generation capacity (mainly using diesel) of about 16 MW.
The Dili power system is not linked to smaller sub-systems in district capitals and rural areas. Large consumers have captive diesel generation of another 10 MW. 34 out of 39 new generators installed in sub-district capitals are no longer functioning because there is no capacity for maintenance and for funding the replenishment of diesel stock.
Only 32 percent of households have access to electricity and over 90 percent of the population uses firewood for cooking. The household electrification rate in Dili is estimated at about 85 percent while in the district capitals and rural areas, it is only 18 percent and 5 percent, respectively. Most of the households use firewood for cooking, but extensive use of firewood is considered a thread to Timor-Leste’s wooded areas.

Timor-Lestes’ power department EDTL has two twenty-four-hour, diesel-run, power generation plants in Dili and Baucau, both of which produce a 7 MW output and have a budgeted consumption of 10,000 litres of diesel per day.
However, increasing development and construction projects are placing a larger strain on the network, with increasing demands for electricity. The remaining districts have smaller, localised power-generating plants, which run for six hours per day between 18:00 and midnight and have a budgeted consumption of 10,000 litres per month.
EDTL is in the process of establishing three heavy oil power generating plants in Hera (Dili), Manitutu and Same; these will have a combined capacity of 180 MW. The first of these power plants is currently being constructed, and is due to be 90% complete by the end of 2009. Extension and rehabilitation of the distribution network is planned to extend to all districts through three regional centers; Dili, Manatutu and Los Palos, this is expected to be in place by 2015.

HERA and BETANO power plants

The Hera power station was built to supply the northern coast of the country. This is the first power plant in Timor Leste with Diesel Generator sets of 7 X Wartsila 18V46 Capacity 119.5 MW, operated by Wartsila Indonesia, PT and Puri Akraya Engineering. The Betano plant supplies the southern coast, and both were built by the China Nuclear Industry 22nd Construction Company (CNI22).

Internet Service Providers (ISPs)

Timor Telecom, Telemor and Telkomsel are telecommunications provider in Timor-Leste, operating in Dili, as well as the municipalities. These providers reach all locations in-country. Internet provision with these providers require land line connection, available in Dili and some district capitals.

Telemor is a trade-name of Viettel Timor-Leste, a subsidiary of Viettel Global - the leading telecommunications group in Vietnam, which provides coverage to around 96% of Timor-Leste territory.

Timor Telecom (TT) is the fixed and mobile telecommunications network operator of Timor-Leste, and the Timor Telecom consortium is promoted by Portugal Telecom.

Telkomcel is a brand of cellular mobile telecommunication service, owned by Telekomunikasi Indonesia International (TL) S.A, which is also located in Timor-Leste.